December 2012

I am most grateful to have received your note. Every month I look forward to answering such inquiries from my readers. Yours I address with utmost pride.

From its inception, our beloved St. Norbert College has sent forth 20,895 graduates. The largest class graduated in 2011; the smallest class consisted of one individual, the Rev. Ignatius Francis Van Dyke, O.Praem., who received his degree in 1900.

With the college continually striving for excellence, I find myself pondering how many graduates our fine institution will yield in the next 100 years. It stirs my soul to imagine tens of thousands of Green Knights living out communio in the wider world – a world that so mightily needs it.

Responses to “Ask the Abbot” questions are penned by St. Norbert College staff in the name of Abbot Bernard Pennings, O.Praem., who founded St. Norbert College in 1898.

Ask the Abbot

As the founder of St. Norbert College, and having a prime seat in the center of campus throughout the years, I, Abbot Bernard Pennings, hold the answers to many of your burning questions about the college.

Feel free to write me at askabbot@snc.edu with any questions. I’ll be sure to respond and will post my favorite questions on this page.